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Memorial at last for 800 victims of torpedo attack ; The lives of 800 people who drowned when their ship was hit by a German torpedo during the Second World War have been commemorated.

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From: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
Date: 20080703
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The lives of 800 people who drowned when their ship was hit by a German torpedo during the Second World War have been commemorated.

The Arandora Star liner was attacked off the Irish coast while she was carrying Italian, German and Austrian internees and prisoners-of-war from Liverpool to Newfoundland in July 1940.

Also killed were 14 Liverpool sailors including the ship's captain, Edgar Wallace Moulton, and members of the Devonshire Regiment.

After nearly 70 years of waiting, an official memorial was finally unveiled yesterday after a memorial service at Our Lady and St Nicholas' Church in ...

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